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CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS WORKBOOK A BASIC BUSINESS VICTORY GUIDE

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CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

WORKBOOK

A BASIC BUSINESS VICTORY GUIDE

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This book was developed by James H. Saylor Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted by the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means now known to be invented, electronic or mechanical, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without prior written permission of The Business Coach. Please do not reproduce any portion of this book. Additional resources to help you achieve your specific business VICTORY are available at a reasonable investment. Visit: www.thebusinesscoach.org or www.managingforvictory.com

Managing for VICTORY TM is a registered trademark of James H. Saylor. Registration number 2,957,019. There is no claim to the exclusive right to use “managing,” apart from the mark

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CONTENTS Introduction to Effective Meetings and Considerations 1 When to Conduct a Meeting 2 What Does It Take to Make a Meeting Effective? 3 Focus Statement 4 Agenda 5 Agenda Format Sample 6 Code of Conduct Introduction and Considerations 7 Code of Conduct Example 8 Using a Code of Conduct 8 How to Develop a Code of Conduct 9 Developing a Code of Conduct Worksheet 10 Determining Meeting Roles and Responsibilities 12 Preparing for the Meeting 16 Meeting Preparation Checklist 17 Participating in the Meeting 18 Participation in the Meeting - Speak 19 Participation in the Meeting - Listen 20 Participation in the Meeting - Cooperate 21 Performing After the Meeting 22 Meeting Critique 23 Establishing a Process for Conducting Meetings 24 How to Conduct an Effective Meeting 25 Conducting an Effective Meeting Worksheet 26

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FORWARD This book is part of the VICTORY Basic Business series. For over 30 years, the pursuit of a simple, easy-to-use, proven, inexpensive management system for any organization has been my focus. MANAGING FOR VICTORYTM is this system. The MANAGING FOR VICTORYTM system includes: Visioning creates a common focus Involving everyone establishes a superior organization Continuously improving achieves excellence Training, educating, coaching, facilitating, mentoring develops a learning culture Owning the work fosters empowerment Recognizing and rewarding builds high performance Yearning ensures success

Customers drive VICTORY Progressive Leaders guide VICTORY

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR James H. Saylor is the founder of The Business Coach, an organization focusing on helping other organizations achieve their specific VICTORY. He has assisted many organizations in discovering, designing, developing and doing successful management systems. In addition, he has led, managed, coached, trained and facilitated many individuals and organizations in achieving their specific VICTORY. Jim has over 30 years experience in operations, organizational development, sales, marketing, training, project management, quality and logistics. He has prepared and presented many highly proclaimed training seminars and workshops globally. Jim is a widely recognized leading champion of Total Quality Management in the 1980s and 1990s. Jim is the author of TQM Simplified, and co-author of Customer-Driven Project Management published by McGraw-Hill. Jim’s latest book is MANAGING FOR VICTORYTM. For further information about Jim’s books, guides and workshops see websites: www.managingforvictory.com or www.thebusinesscoach.org or email [email protected].

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CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

Meetings are a technique of bringing a group or team together to work for a common purpose. Effective meetings are an important aspect of making a group or team successful. Meetings allow the team to perform beyond the potential of each individual member. In meetings, the individual contributions are synergized to maximize the potential of the team. By bringing together members in meetings to pursue a common focus, better decisions, commitment, support, and implementation can result. The key is making the meeting effective. Effective meetings require an action-oriented focus. All members must share the focus, understand each others role, and use a common process geared toward specific outcomes. Meetings can be more efficient through the use of meeting tools. These tools include:

Focus statement Agenda Code of conduct Meeting roles and responsibilities Meeting critique

In addition to the meeting tools, meetings can be more effective if all participants understand a common meeting process:

Prepare before the meeting Participate during the meeting Perform after the meeting

Meeting Considerations

Make a focus statement.

Ensure that meeting roles are understood.

Ensure the group/team uses an agenda.

Take time to prepare, participate, and perform.

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When To Conduct A Meeting

A meeting should be conducted whenever a group of people need to get together to work toward a common focus. The focus could be to accomplish some action, or to provide some information. A meeting should only be conducted when there is a specific action needing to be accomplished by the group, or for passing information. An action meeting should be conducted when:

Forming a new group or team

Starting a new project

Needing to accomplish an objective beyond the scope of one individual

Solving a problem or improving a process

Making a group/team decision An informational meeting should be conducted when:

Presenting a management message

Advising of a change in focus, policies, procedures, etc.

Motivating group/team members

Welcoming a new leader or member

Recognizing outstanding performance

Learning from mistakes

Activity Identify reasons when a meeting may be appropriate for your group/team.

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What Does It Take To Make A Meeting Effective?

In order for your group/team to be able to conduct an effective meeting in your organization, the group/team needs to agree on the elements of an effective meeting. The following exercise will help the group/team determine “what it takes to make an effective meeting in your organization.” In addition, the exercise will assist the group/team in identifying the potential barriers to conducting an effective meeting.

Activity: Determine barriers to an effective meeting and identify the elements of “best” meetings.

Instructions: 1. Each person visualize their experience in “best” meetings. 2. Brainstorm the elements of “best” meetings. Write this list in the left column below. 3. Agree on a list of elements for “best” meetings for your group/team. 4. Brainstorm possible barriers to “best” meetings in your organization. Write this list in the left column below. 5. Use the information in this workbook to remove the

barriers and work toward conducting “best” meetings. Goal: Conduct effective meetings.

“Best” Meetings Barriers to “Best” Meetings

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Focus Statement

The focus statement provides the purpose of the meeting. This provides the common focus for the meeting content. Each meeting must have a written purpose statement. If the group/team cannot write a focus statement, there is no need to hold a meeting.

Focus Statement Focus for the meeting

Output expected from the meeting

Clear, concise, simple statement

Understood by everyone on the group/team

Start for the agenda EXAMPLES Informational Meeting Focus Statement The purpose of this meeting is to gain insight into the requirements of an effective meeting. Action Meeting Focus Statement The purpose of this meeting is to create a mission statement for this group/team.

Action: Write a focus statement.

Instructions: Identify the focus statement for this meeting or for the next meeting. The focus statement is:

Focus Statement _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

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Agenda

An agenda acts as the meeting guide. The agenda provides the focus for the meeting process. It gets the group/team to target on the meeting’s desired outcome(s). An agenda encourages an effective and efficient meeting because it provides a meeting process. It documents key group/team activities and it acts to stimulate progress. An example of a format for an agenda is shown on the next page.

Agenda Acts as the group/team’s meeting guide

Gets the meeting’s desired outcomes

Encourages effective and efficient meetings

Nurtures a focused group/team meeting

Documents key group/team activities

Acts to stimulate progress

Action: Prepare meeting agenda.

Instructions: Formulate an outline for an agenda for your next group/team meeting based upon the focus statement you wrote on the previous page.

Agenda Item Owner

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QUALITY COUNCIL

AGENDA

Date: September 10, 2005 Start Time: 10:00 AM End Time: 1:00 PM FOCUS STATEMENT: The purpose of this meeting is to form the Quality Council. ITEMS:

Item: Senior Manager’s Message Owner: Joe

Item: Quality Management System Owner: Mary

Item: Leading the Quest for Quality Owner: Jim

Item: Forming the Quality Council Owner: Leader

Item: Meeting Critique Owner: Leader

Item: Next Steps. Owner: Group/team

ACTION ITEM OWNER STATUS

Comments:

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Code of Conduct

The Code of conduct provides guidance for the group/team's behavior. The code of conduct considers "how" meetings will be conducted. Each group/team makes their own unique rules. These rules are determined during the first meeting by consensus. The code of conduct opens communications for the group/team in a non threatening situation. They are posted during every group/team activity. Although they are established during the first group/team meeting, these rules can be changed at any time the group/team determines it is necessary. Considers “how” meetings are conducted

Opens communications

Done by consensus

Each group/team makes its own

Code of Conduct Considerations

Commitment of group/team members

Owners of meeting roles

Negotiation process

Decision making process

Unity issues

Communications

Time management

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Code of Conduct Example

Rely on facts, not opinions

Understand others' points of view

Listen actively to all ideas

Encourage others

Submit assignments on time Open communication of all issues

Focus Come to meetings on time

Orient toward customer satisfaction

Never gossip about the meeting or group/team

Decide everything by consensus

Use and build on everyone's ideas

Conduct the meeting using an agenda

Take time to self-critique the meeting Using the Code of Conduct

The code of conduct is posted at all group/team meetings in plain view of all participants. This can be posted on the wall or it can be placed in front of each participant. When a member notices a code of conduct issue, the item is pointed out. At that time the group/team takes action to resolve the code of conduct issue. As the group/team progresses, the code of conduct should be revised as necessary. As the group/team moves through the stages of group/team development, the behavior of the group/team changes. This requires the group/team to re-evaluate the code of conduct to minimize and manage the potential conflicts.

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How to Develop a Code of Conduct

The process for developing a code of conduct involves brainstorming items for consideration and then reaching consensus on the items included in the code of conduct. The code of conduct action process is as follows: 1. Review background information for a code of conduct.

2. Write “Code of Conduct” along the top of a flipchart.

3. Review meeting and group experiences.

4. Brainstorm ideas for code of conduct.

5. Clarify ideas and focus on consensus.

6. Get consensus on code of conduct items.

7. Finalize the code of conduct.

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Developing a Code of Conduct Worksheet

1. Review background information for a code of conduct.

Introduction to Code of Conduct Code of Conduct Considerations Examples of Code of Conduct Using Code of Conduct 2. Write “Code of Conduct” along the top of a flipchart. 3. Review meeting and group/team experience. Each

group/team member mentally reviews their past experiences with meetings and working in groups. In addition, each group/team member analyzes their past interactions with the other members.

4. Brainstorm ideas. During the brainstorming session make

sure the group/team follows the rules for brainstorming.

Brainstorming Rules Record all ideas

Use creative, innovative thinking

Limit judgment until discussion

Encourage participation by everyone

Solicit quantity

Action: Brainstorm code of conduct items.

Instructions: 1. Each member takes five minutes to write items for code of

conduct consideration on a blank sheet of paper. 2. The group/team conducts a round robin brainstorming

session to list items on the flipchart. 3. Add items to the list by a freewheeling brainstorming

session. This opens the list to everyone to add more items.

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Code of Conduct Items

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 5. Clarify ideas and focus on consensus. Discuss each item

requiring explanation. 6. Get consensus. The group/team needs to decide which

items should be included in the code of conduct. The group/team must all agree to agree with items to be included in the code of conduct.

a. Discuss why consensus is important for this decision. b. Evaluate each item as a yes, no, or maybe. c. Get consensus on the yes items. d. Get consensus on the no items. e. Seek consensus on changing maybe items to yes or no. f. Get everyone to personally agree to support the code of

conduct. 7. Finalize the code of conduct. Write the final code of

conduct on a flipchart and post.

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Determining Meeting Roles and Responsibilities

Besides normal functions, meetings involve additional roles for group/team members. It is important to define specific meeting roles and responsibilities. For instance, the leader guides the team to mission accomplishment. However, the leader or members may guide certain parts of the meeting. Often a group/team needs a facilitator, this can be someone from outside the group/team or it can be a role of the leader or a specific member. In addition, the group/team may require various administrative assistance during the meeting. This could include such tasks as: charting, recording information, monitoring action items, documenting the agenda, keeping assumptions and glossary, and preparing reports. Responsibilities Meeting Leader The role of the meeting leader is to guide the group/team to achieve the focus statement. The leader balances process and content with the emphasis on the meeting process. The leader oversees the preparation for the meeting, leads the meeting process, and ensures action and follow-up after the meeting. The meeting leader requires assistance from others to perform his or her role.

Meeting Leader Responsibilities Leads by example

Empowers the group/team

Acts to guide the group/team to achieve the focus

Develops balanced participation of all members

Encourages teamwork

Recognizes and rewards appropriate behaviors

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Member The role of the member is just to do it. The group/team members must balance relationships and tasks. They must prepare for the meeting by doing research on agenda items. During the meeting, members must participate to their maximum potential. After the meeting, they must complete assignments.

Group/Team Member Meeting Responsibilities Maintain focus

Expect to contribute your ideas

Maximize the participation of others

Build constructive relationships with other group/team members

Encourage open and honest communication

Require win/win solutions

Support the group/team’s decisions Recorder The recorder(s) serves as the memory. In some groups/teams, one recorder is sufficient. However, many teams, especially project, process improvement, or problem solving teams, use more than one recorder for assumptions, glossary terms, and action items. In addition, many groups appoint a chart scribe to capture ideas on flipcharts. Note: It is recommended that detailed minutes need not be taken. The agenda provides a record of the group’s progress. It should be sufficient to inform people outside the group about the groups activities. Typically, members take sufficient notes to be able to actively participate and to inform other team members.

Recorder Responsibilities Remember group/team meeting content

Emphasize recording of ideas

Communicate internal and external

Organize correspondence

Report progress

Document meeting

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Facilitator The facilitator drives the meeting process as a neutral observer. It is a role that can be assumed by the group/team meeting leader, a group/team member, or an person not part of the group/team. If the role of facilitator is assumed by group/team leader or group/team member, the facilitator role must take precedence over the group/team role. The role of the facilitator is to make it easier to accomplish the mission of the group/team by ensuring the group/team does the right things right.

Facilitator Responsibilities Focus on the mission, objectives, and goals

Apply appropriate principles, methodology, tools, and techniques

Coach the leader and the group/team

Intervene when appropriate and necessary

Let the leader lead and the group/team perform

Initiate action to help the group/team manage conflict

Train specific skills

Assess performance

Take the initiative to ensure doing right things right

Encourage open and honest communication and active listening

Action: Determine and assign meeting roles.

Instructions: In the table below, there are suggested group/team meeting roles. If your group/team decides not to use a certain group/team meeting role, just write “N/A” in name column. In some groups/teams, each meeting role is assigned to a primary and an alternate. In this case, write the primary name first and alternate second under the name column. Note: It is recommended that each group/team member owns a group/team meeting role.

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Meeting Role Primary Alternate

Meeting Leader Recorder Assumption Recorder Glossary Recorder Chart Scribe Action Item Monitor Meeting Facilitator

Action: Determine meeting responsibilities.

Instructions: For each meeting role selected above, write the specific responsibilities. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

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Preparing for the Meeting

The success of the group/team depends on the active involvement of all of the members. Members should participate fully in all meetings. The following are some meaningful guidelines to assist the group/team in conducting an effective meeting. Brainstorm ideas. Review the focus statement and write your ideas of everything you know about the focus. Evaluate what you know. Start with the ideas you brainstormed and gather any additional information you may need. Analyze the information trying to determine the specific opportunity, problem, or root cause. Formulate alternatives. Generate a list of alternatives to accomplish the focus. Orient toward one alternative. Determine one alternative you can support. This is your starting position based on the information you know. During the meeting, you may change your alternative based on additional information provided by other group members. Review the agenda. Ensure that you are prepared with information, status, or assignments. Ensure that you complete any assignments. The group depends on you to accomplish your specific actions. Even is you cannot make the meeting, try to make sure your assignments are on time.

Before the Meeting Brainstorm ideas regarding focus statement

Evaluate what you know

Formulate alternatives

Orient toward one alternative

Review the agenda

Ensure that you complete assignments

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Meeting Preparation Checklist

Determine meeting date Schedule meeting room Arrange for outside assistance for meeting Prepare Meeting Notice Prepare Meeting Focus Statement (attach to notice) Prepare Meeting Agenda (attach to notice) Send Meeting Notice prior to meeting Prepare meeting handouts Set-up meeting room (chairs, overhead, easel, etc.) Arrange seating (circle or U-shape seating) Ensure equipment operates properly Check equipment supplies i.e. spare bulb Have meeting materials (handouts, chalk, markers, etc.)

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

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Participating in the Meeting

During the meeting, obey the code of conduct and the principles of teamwork. In addition, speaking, listening, and cooperation are the key activities of all members. Speak to make your point and to present and clarify ideas. Listen actively to learn from others. Cooperate with all other participants. Display teamwork. In all actions, work to build the team. Pursue an environment of trust. Reward and recognize both the individual and the team. Involve all team members. Nurture the self-esteem of all team members. Communicate freely and openly. Include individuality. Pursue constructive relationships. Lead by example. Encourage all team members ideas. Stay focused on the mission. Understand the viewpoint of others. Try to see their point of view. Remain focused. Pay attention to the specific desired outcomes. Don’t try to jump ahead or push your own agenda. Involve yourself. Actively participate and provide your expertise. Nurture others’ ideas. Look for ways to build on other team member’s ideas. Go for win/win solutions. Foster the synergy of all ideas rather than one idea over another.

During the Meeting Display teamwork

Understand the viewpoint of others

Remain focused

Involve yourself

Nurture others’ ideas

Go for win/win

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Participating in the Meeting - Speak

During the meeting speak to make your point, and to present and clarify ideas. Share information, but be short, simple, and concise. It is important to contribute to the meeting by ensuring the group/team knows your ideas, opinions, and position. This should be done while building credibility within the group/team. This will give you the best chance to actively participate. Plan what you are going to say before you say it. This will help you focus and save valuable time. If possible write down your ideas then organize them to make your point. Encourage the building of ideas. This stimulates interest and involvement. Although you or others may not have anything to initially contribute, many people can add their ideas to others. Avoid personal remarks. Remember, it is not personal. Also, avoid any words that may trigger an emotional reaction. These types of words may refer to race, sex, religion, politics, etc. Keep remarks focused on the mission, goal, problem, and issue. This keeps the group/team aimed in the right direction.

Speak Share information, but be concise

Plan what you are going to say

Encourage building of ideas

Avoid personal remarks

Keep remarks focused on subject

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Participating in the Meeting - Listen

Listening is essential during a meeting. In fact, it is the most important part of communication during a meeting. Let the other person convey his/her message. Do not interrupt others while they are speaking. Involve yourself in the message. Look for ideas you can support. Determine the central theme or concepts. Summarize and paraphrase frequently. This provides the speaker with feedback on the success of the communication. It also is the only way to confirm your understanding of the information. Further, there may be another member who does not understand. All critical ideas must be repeated by another member and discussed to ensure clarity of ideas necessary for consensus decision-making. Talk only to clarify while you are listening. Effective listening requires your full concentration. Empathize with other people. In other words, put yourself in their shoes for awhile. You do not have to sympathize with them. Empathy helps you understand; sympathy may actually be a barrier. Nurture active listening skills. Active effective listening is not natural. It requires a dedicated concentration of effort.

Listen Let other person convey his/her message

Involve yourself in others' message

Summarize and paraphrase frequently

Talk only to clarify

Empathize with other people

Nurture active listening skills

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Participating in the Meeting - Cooperate

Cooperation makes a meeting work. Consider the self-esteem of others. This will give them the confidence to participate. Operate with the team--give others a fair chance. Do not go outside the team to seek action or talk about other members. Observe others’ reactions. This provides feedback on true reactions. Use this to find common ground for negotiations for win/win solutions. Pursue a common focus. As long as the team focuses on a common goal, the team can work. Many times a common focus overcomes conflicts. Peer pressure to achieve a shared result overshadows the personal agenda of team members. Establish open communications. This is necessary for any cooperative effort. Recognize individual contributions. This helps stimulate more participation. Allow positive conflict. This leads to consensus decision-making. The team will support a decision better if positive debate was endorsed during the meeting. Trade-off ideas with the group. This distributes ownership to the whole team. Encourage trust. This is the most important ingredient to developing and keeping cooperation in the team. Without trust, there can be no real cooperation during the group/team meeting.

Cooperate Consider the self-esteem of others

Operate within the group/team

Observe others' actions

Pursue a common focus

Establish open communications

Recognize individual contributions

Allow positive conflict

Trade off ideas of the group/team

Encourage trust

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Performing After the Meeting

Once the meeting is over, the real group actions are performed. Act to perform assignment. This is when the group/team members act to perform assignments and action items. Find support and resources. This may be necessary after the meeting. A member coordinates with management, or a support function, to ensure the group can complete actions or implement a solution. Talk up group/team activities. All members must talk up group/team activities to develop pride for their team in the organization. This gives all group members a feeling of belonging to a worthwhile group. It also helps promote teamwork throughout the whole organization. Ensure group/team integrity. Members do not gossip about group activities or other group members. Review the agenda of the next meeting. This starts the preparation before the next meeting.

After the Meeting Act to perform assignment(s)

Find necessary support and resources

Talk up team activities

Ensure team integrity

Review the next meeting’s agenda

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Meeting Critique

Some teams find it useful to perform a meeting self-assessment at the end of each meeting. This is particularly beneficial during the early stages of forming a team. The use of a meeting critique provides a means to develop the effectiveness of the team during meetings. It also fosters teamwork through finding successes. The following is a sample meeting critique. The team uses this critique or it can design its own critique based on the team’s past experience. The meeting critique should be conducted during the last few minutes of each team meeting.

Meeting Critique

Communications - Was there open and honest communication?

Results - Was the focus statement accomplished?

Involvement - Did everyone participate?

Training - Does the team or any member require any training?

Individuals - Were individual contributions recognized?

Questions - Are there any items requiring further research?

Unity - Did the team work together? Any symptoms of conflict?

Escalate - Are there any issues requiring management help?

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Establishing a Process for Conducting Meetings

Establishing a process for conducting meetings involves deciding what to do before meetings, during meetings, and after meetings. In general, each team member should do the following before, during, and after team meetings.

Action: Decide the meeting process. It is important to decide how the meetings will be conducted. For instance, some teams have the team leader prepare the agenda before the meeting. In other teams, the team prepares the agenda for the next meeting at the end of the current meeting. For each of the “what” items, mark B for before the meeting, D for during the meeting, and A for after the meeting in the “when” column. Assign responsibilities in the “who” column. What When Who Meeting notice __________ ________________ Focus statement __________ ________________ Agenda __________ ________________ Code of conduct __________ ________________ Assign action items __________ ________________ Make decisions __________ ________________ Monitor progress __________ ________________ Meeting critique __________ ________________ Perform action items __________ ________________ Get resources __________ ________________ Escalate issues __________ ________________

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How to Conduct Effective Meetings

The action process steps for conducting an effective meeting are as follows:

1. Establish foundation for effective meetings.

2. Determine the focus statement.

3. Review experience.

4. Brainstorm ideas for agenda items.

5. Prepare a list of agenda items and assign owners to the items.

6. Finalize the agenda.

7. Prepare for the meeting.

8. Participate in the meeting.

9. Perform assignments after the meeting.

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Conducting an Effective Meeting Worksheet

1. Establish foundation for effective meetings.

� Understand elements of “best” meetings � Use agenda with focus statement � Develop and use a code of conduct � Determine meeting roles and responsibilities � Use a meeting critique � Establish a meeting process Note: This step is particularly important during the initial meeting. During subsequent meetings, appropriate information in this step should be reviewed and updated as necessary.

2. Determine the focus statement. What is the purpose for having the meeting?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

Is the purpose to seek action or convey information?

______________________________________________________

Is a meeting the best method to accomplish the focus statement?

______________________________________________________

Write the Focus Statement

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

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3. Review experience. Each meeting participant reviews his or her experiences with the focus statement ideas. What can the participant contribute to help achieve the focus statement?

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

4. Brainstorm ideas for agenda items.

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

5. Prepare a list of agenda items and assign owners to the items.

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

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6. Finalize the agenda.

AGENDA

Date: Start Time: End Time: FOCUS STATEMENT: ITEMS:

Item: Owner:

Item: Owner:

Item: Owner:

Item: Owner:

Item: Owner:

Item: Owner:

ACTION ITEM OWNER STATUS

Comments:

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7. Prepare for the meeting. What can I contribute to achieve the focus statement?

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

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8. Participate in the meeting. How did I contribute to achieving the focus statement?

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

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9. Perform assignments after the meeting. What assignments must I complete before next meeting?

____________________________________________

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Notes and Insights

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